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Motion Pacific is committed to racial justice and and working to become an anti-racist organization. Motion Pacific pledges to address the racial inequity affecting our BIPOC communities. As an organization committed to accessible dance and community engagement, Motion Pacific will work to address the white supremacy that exists in the culture of dance in this country and within our organizational structure. As we work to rebuild into the future, racial equity and social justice will be at the core of how we reimagine our organization. We will be implementing anti-racism practices and equity frameworks to ensure the continuity and sustainability of this work. This will include organization wide implicit bias and anti-racism trainings and the implementation of a committee dedicated to facilitating this ongoing work.

• Building transparency and accountability within our organization - including a framework to evaluate how we spend resources and who benefits from these resources
• Addressing ways that we teach, speak and engage within our organization and with our communities.
• Working towards representative leadership: evaluating hiring practices, cultivating and supporting a diverse board and staff.
• Continuing to cultivate a safe space that is inclusive and welcoming to everybody.
• Initiating a land acknowledgement and opportunities to support the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, at the beginning of each event, workshop, and performance.
• Researching and continuing to enact a responsive reparations program.
• Listening to, uplifting, supporting and promoting BIPOC artists, families, and organizations through centering community & cultivating partnerships.

Coming from a place of humility, we acknowledge that this is an ongoing and rigorous learning and growing process; we are committed to this work as individuals and an organization. Motion Pacific is committed to working towards a world that is free from racial injustice, where equity is centered and our communities thrive.